Student Dress Codes Essay

through their clothing. Even though dress code says not to be distracting, students should feel power in their own attire. Rachel Zoe couldn’t have said it better herself in her quote, “Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak”. With that girls have a right to wear what they want, to feel comfortable in their clothes, and to not be shot down and feel threatened in their bodies. There are many other reasons that there should be changes to the dress code, but here are the most…

Pants to School.” written by Isabella Kwai. The main Idea in this article is about how in Australia the dress code for the female students is only to wear skirts and the schools have many complaints of the dress code. After many complaints after the female dress code a student who is a mother of an 11 year old, Sofia wrote to the state’s education minister, looking for a change. The dress code for the girls made it hard to “do many activities” was stated by Sofia. The boys are allowed to use…

that” “Isn’t that a little too short” these statements and many more are phrases students hear everyday from their school administrators and teachers because of these horrible, out of date, dress codes. Dress codes are becoming more and more of a problem with the uprising society. While there should be a dress code so students look more professional and looking like they are going to work and not to bed, school dress codes are being sexist against females and discriminating girls through rape…

school dress code in the 60s. About the boys school dress codes in the 60s. About school punishments in the 60s. In the 60’s the school dress code rules were different then they are now in the 60s the school dress code rules were stricter than they are now days. My claim is true because in the 60s school rules were different then they are now. While many students of today have very strong opinions about what they are and are not permitted to wear, most 1960s schools had a much stricter dress…

been dress coded?” most girls would raise their hands; however if you were to walk into a class and asked,”How many boys have been dress coded?” none or very few would raise hands. There are many reasons that girls are more likely to get dress coded. Throughout my high school career I've always wondered why I've never seen a boy get dress coded… only girls. Jackson High school needs to change the dress code, the reasoning behind the rules, and inequality of gender treatment. Most dress codes are…

and high school. The article is titled, “The Sexism of School Dress Codes”. A young girl named Maggie Sunseri noticed that the dress codes in her school were geared more directly to girls than it was to boys. At first, Maggie rightfully saw this concept to be unfair. The rationale that the administrators gave behind this idea, however, was even more upsetting to Maggie. Those who were in charge at her school told her that the dress code was enforced so strictly for girls because certain clothing…

Have you ever heard of a shirt hurting a student? Yeah me neither so why make a big deal about it? Almost 60 percent of schools enforce a strict dress code (1). Schools should pay more attention to our learning instead of our clothes. Believe it or not but even teachers are told what to wear and what not to wear. No one gets to enjoy their freedom anymore because we are being told what to wear. There should be no dress code because dress codes have ruined events, taken away our freedom of…

In 1980, dress codes in the workplace were found to be sexist and lead to women’s objectification, due to the fact that dress codes taught women that their bodies were more dangerous than that of a man’s. In December of 1980 Mary M. Carroll brought the Carroll v. Talman Federal Savings & Loan Association to court to go fight sexist dress codes in places of work by claiming they were against Title VII (Disparate Dress Codes as Sex Discrimination in Violation of Title…

Dress Code Does dressing the way you want in school really affect the way you think? Well it seems to be that way in this era. Dress Code policies date back as far as 1969, in the Tinker vs Des Moines Independent Community School district. A student who had worn an arm-band around his arm to show his objection to the hostilities in Vietnam. Any student who refused take it off, would be suspended until they did so. The students were taken to Supreme Court, in which the Court had ruled…

Dress code is dumb. Dress code is a policy that is held in every school that everyone has to follow or there will be consequence .In my opinion to the dress code policy ,i think it should be removed from our particular school ,IECHS. I mean ,we have college classes and we should be allowed to wear anything ,just like in regular college.Infinity early college high school should have more privileges than any other school ,but it should be to where it’s fair. Many students don't have the…